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Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Martin Csokas, Liam Neeson
Producer: Ridley Scott
Writer: William Monahan

Run Time: 02:25:00

Copyright: (c) 2005 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
Synopsis:
ORLANDO BLOOM stars as Balian, a blacksmith who has lost his family and nearly lost his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds.Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin (LIAM NEESON), a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian's father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City.In Jerusalem at that momentbetween the Second and Third Crusadesa fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias (JEREMY IRONS), and the military restraint of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin (GHASSAN MASSOUD). But Baldwin's days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism, greed, and jealousy among the Crusaders threaten to shatter the truce.King Baldwin's vision of peacea kingdom of heavenis shared by a handful of knights, including Godfrey of Ibelin, who swear to uphold it with their lives and honor. As Godfrey passes his sword to his son, he also passes on that sacred oath: to protect the helpless, safeguard the peace, and work toward harmony between religions and cultures, so that a kingdom of heaven can flourish on earth. Balian takes the sword and steps into history.

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CRITIC REVIEWS
Lew Irwin
RATED 3 STARS


It has been a long while since a cast-of-thousands epic has performed strongly at the box office. The poor showing of Oliver Stone's Alexander last year, preceded by a dreadful performance for King Arthur suggested to some analysts that the historical spectacle might be traveling down the same road as hand-drawn animation. But some critics are predicting that Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven may revive the genre. Equally at home in the future and the past, Mr. Scott seems born to direct epics, writes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times. His ravishing visual style, characterized by a fetishistic attention to surface detail and unrelenting beauty, can work wonders with big subjects, but this is also a director who needs actors powerful enough to shoulder narrative and emotional extremes. She suggests that the actors in this film, led by Orlando Bloom and Eva Green, don't make the grade. Likewise Jack Mathews writes in the New York Daily News: For all its scale, grandeur, historical context and political brass, Kingdom is no more compelling a period drama than last year's Alexander - and Kingdom's star, Orlando Bloom, would have trouble filling even Colin Farrell's sandals. Bloom, a classically trained British actor who achieved stardom as Legolas in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, takes the brunt of most of the critical complaints about the movie. It might be because he is buttressed by so many manly, vital performances that Bloom comes off all the more boyish and withdrawn, a Shetland pony among stallions, writes Carrie Rickey in the Philadelphia Inquirer. But Bloom also has his supporters. Is Orlando Bloom enough of a star to sustain a $100 million costume drama? asks Stephen Hunter rhetorically in the Washington Post. The answer turns out to be yes. ... He is able to dominate the second half of this film in the old-fashioned movie-star way. Although several critics d





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Reviewed by: pblova on 10/19/2008 9:14:13 PM
RATED 0 STARS

Great movie. Rented it and watched it turned out to be an awesome movie!! MUST RENT!!



Lew Irwin

RATED 3 STARS

It has been a long while since a cast-of-thousands epic has performed strongly at the box office. The poor showing of Oliver Stone's Alexander last year, preceded by a dreadful performance for King Arthur suggested to some analysts that the historical spectacle might be traveling down the same road as hand-drawn animation. But some critics are predicting that Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven may revive the genre. Equally at home in the future and the past, Mr. Scott seems born to direct epics, writes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times. His ravishing visual style, characterized by a fetishistic attention to surface detail and unrelenting beauty, can work wonders with big subjects, but this is also a director who needs actors powerful enough to shoulder narrative and emotional extremes. She suggests that the actors in this film, led by Orlando Bloom and Eva Green, don't make the grade. Likewise Jack Mathews writes in the New York Daily News: For all its scale, grandeur, historical context and political brass, Kingdom is no more compelling a period drama than last year's Alexander - and Kingdom's star, Orlando Bloom, would have trouble filling even Colin Farrell's sandals. Bloom, a classically trained British actor who achieved stardom as Legolas in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, takes the brunt of most of the critical complaints about the movie. It might be because he is buttressed by so many manly, vital performances that Bloom comes off all the more boyish and withdrawn, a Shetland pony among stallions, writes Carrie Rickey in the Philadelphia Inquirer. But Bloom also has his supporters. Is Orlando Bloom enough of a star to sustain a $100 million costume drama? asks Stephen Hunter rhetorically in the Washington Post. The answer turns out to be yes. ... He is able to dominate the second half of this film in the old-fashioned movie-star way. Although several critics dismiss the movie, set during the Crusades, as politically correct, Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times suggests that Scott deserves a great deal of credit for taking on such a controversial subject. Few people will be capable of looking at Kingdom of Heaven objectively, Ebert writes. I have been invited by both Muslims and Christians to view the movie with them so they can point out its shortcomings. When you've made both sides angry, you may have done something right. And Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times writes that Scott has been able to deliver that rare big-star blockbuster ... that still manages to have something relevant to say. Moreover, Turan concludes, Scott and company have gotten so accomplished at recreating history that the results have a welcome offhanded quality, making them spectacular without seeming to be showing off. No matter what we're looking at, we're thinking, It must have looked like that. For a film like Kingdom of Heaven, a better compliment would be hard to find.




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Reviewed by: pblova on 10/19/2008 9:14:13 PM
RATED 0 STARS

Great movie. Rented it and watched it turned out to be an awesome movie!! MUST RENT!!




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Reviewed by: pblova on 10/19/2008 9:14:13 PM
RATED 0 STARS

Great movie. Rented it and watched it turned out to be an awesome movie!! MUST RENT!!

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